From c12c2774ee9b2e09ccbcb579bd50f7405e58ebab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:44:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/32] [OMCPath] add class

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index ac99dc05..41a96a67 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -268,6 +268,31 @@ def getClassNames(self, className=None, recursive=False, qualified=False, sort=F
         return self._ask(question='getClassNames', opt=opt)
 
 
+class OMCPath(pathlib.PurePosixPath):
+    """
+    Implementation of a basic Path object which uses OMC as backend. The connection to OMC is provided via a
+    OMCSessionZMQ session object.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *path, session: OMCSessionZMQ):
+        super().__init__(*path)
+        self._session = session
+
+    def with_segments(self, *pathsegments):
+        # overwrite this function of PurePosixPath to ensure session is set
+        return type(self)(*pathsegments, session=self._session)
+
+    # TODO: implement needed methods from pathlib._abc.PathBase:
+    #       is_dir()
+    #       is_file()
+    #       read_text() + binary()?
+    #       write_text() + binary()?
+    #       unlink()
+    #       resolve()
+    #       ... more ...
+    #       ??? test if local (write OMC => READ local and the other way) and use shortcuts ???
+
+
 class OMCSessionZMQ:
 
     def __init__(
@@ -322,6 +347,9 @@ def __del__(self):
 
         self.omc_zmq = None
 
+    def omcpath(self, *path) -> OMCPath:
+        return OMCPath(*path, session=self)
+
     def execute(self, command: str):
         warnings.warn("This function is depreciated and will be removed in future versions; "
                       "please use sendExpression() instead", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)

From 908a239db424e2ddcf41409cc1db6a276c380a01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:53:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/32] [OMCPath] add implementation using OMC via
 sendExpression()

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 41a96a67..fb865ba4 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -282,12 +282,27 @@ def with_segments(self, *pathsegments):
         # overwrite this function of PurePosixPath to ensure session is set
         return type(self)(*pathsegments, session=self._session)
 
+    def is_file(self) -> bool:
+        return self._session.sendExpression(f'regularFileExists("{self.as_posix()}")')
+
+    def is_dir(self) -> bool:
+        return self._session.sendExpression(f'directoryExists("{self.as_posix()}")')
+
+    def read_text(self) -> str:
+        return self._session.sendExpression(f'readFile("{self.as_posix()}")')
+
+    def write_text(self, data: str) -> bool:
+        return self._session.sendExpression(f'writeFile("{self.as_posix()}", "{data}", false)')
+
+    def unlink(self) -> bool:
+        return self._session.sendExpression(f'deleteFile("{self.as_posix()}")')
+
     # TODO: implement needed methods from pathlib._abc.PathBase:
-    #       is_dir()
-    #       is_file()
-    #       read_text() + binary()?
-    #       write_text() + binary()?
-    #       unlink()
+    #       OK - is_dir()
+    #       OK - is_file()
+    #       OK - read_text() + binary()?
+    #       OK - write_text() + binary()?
+    #       OK - unlink()
     #       resolve()
     #       ... more ...
     #       ??? test if local (write OMC => READ local and the other way) and use shortcuts ???

From 00d016f8227425a88692baefb615b6029239f64b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:47:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/32] [OMCPath] add pytest (only docker at the moment)

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_OMCPath.py

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..106f1cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import OMPython
+
+
+def test_OMCPath_docker():
+    omcp = OMPython.OMCProcessDocker(docker="openmodelica/openmodelica:v1.25.0-minimal")
+    om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
+    assert om.sendExpression("getVersion()") == "OpenModelica 1.25.0"
+
+    p1 = om.omcpath('/tmp')
+    assert str(p1) == "/tmp"
+    p2 = p1 / 'test.txt'
+    assert str(p2) == "/tmp/test.txt"
+    assert p2.write_text('test')
+    assert p2.read_text() == "test"
+    assert p2.is_file()
+    assert p2.parent.is_dir()
+    assert p2.unlink()
+    assert p2.is_file() == False
+
+    del omcp
+    del om
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_OMCPath_docker()
+    print('DONE')
\ No newline at end of file

From a449445a6112d2253b75a7b18bbbeb10379b5bfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:47:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/32] [OMCPath] TODO items

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index fb865ba4..a03b7f57 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ class OMCPath(pathlib.PurePosixPath):
     OMCSessionZMQ session object.
     """
 
+    # TODO: need to handle PurePosixPath and PureWindowsPath
+    #       PureOMCPath => OMCPathPosix(PureOMCPath, PurePosixPath)
+    #                   => OMCPathWindows(PureOMCPath, PureWindowsPath)
+
     def __init__(self, *path, session: OMCSessionZMQ):
         super().__init__(*path)
         self._session = session
@@ -363,6 +367,8 @@ def __del__(self):
         self.omc_zmq = None
 
     def omcpath(self, *path) -> OMCPath:
+        # TODO: need to handle PurePosixPath and PureWindowsPath
+        #       define it here based on the backend (omc_process) used?
         return OMCPath(*path, session=self)
 
     def execute(self, command: str):

From 17c9ee80cfec9ee0c9fb6dc01867a7dda9725859 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 22:34:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/32] [test_OMCPath] mypy fix

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index 106f1cc7..bae41714 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
     assert p2.is_file()
     assert p2.parent.is_dir()
     assert p2.unlink()
-    assert p2.is_file() == False
+    assert p2.is_file() is False
 
     del omcp
     del om

From 942635e00ef5ad888086ddacdd82a435d3c4895d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 22:52:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/32] [test_OMCPath] fix end of file

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index bae41714..c0249df6 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_OMCPath_docker()
-    print('DONE')
\ No newline at end of file
+    print('DONE')

From 11b252403ce92f44350d2a19f71373935180617d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 09:21:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/32] [test_OMCPath] define test using OMCSessionZMQ()
 locally

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index c0249df6..9621b54b 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import OMPython
+import pytest
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="This test would fail (no docker on github)")
 def test_OMCPath_docker():
     omcp = OMPython.OMCProcessDocker(docker="openmodelica/openmodelica:v1.25.0-minimal")
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
@@ -21,6 +23,23 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
     del om
 
 
+def test_OMCPath_local():
+    om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ()
+
+    p1 = om.omcpath('/tmp')
+    assert str(p1) == "/tmp"
+    p2 = p1 / 'test.txt'
+    assert str(p2) == "/tmp/test.txt"
+    assert p2.write_text('test')
+    assert p2.read_text() == "test"
+    assert p2.is_file()
+    assert p2.parent.is_dir()
+    assert p2.unlink()
+    assert p2.is_file() is False
+
+    del om
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_OMCPath_docker()
     print('DONE')

From 05b3c4d284ef8fe083bac47697e14ed6bfce5947 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 21:54:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/32] add TODO - need to check Python versions

* not working: 3.10
* working:     3.12
---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index a03b7f57..f0505383 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ class OMCPath(pathlib.PurePosixPath):
     # TODO: need to handle PurePosixPath and PureWindowsPath
     #       PureOMCPath => OMCPathPosix(PureOMCPath, PurePosixPath)
     #                   => OMCPathWindows(PureOMCPath, PureWindowsPath)
+    # TODO: only working for Python 3.12+ (not working for 3.10!; 3.11?)
 
     def __init__(self, *path, session: OMCSessionZMQ):
         super().__init__(*path)

From 79e118ac90167c0a96ee2a471d27502316d27248 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 21:54:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/32] [test_OMCPath] activate docker based on test_docker

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index 9621b54b..bef2b473 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+import sys
 import OMPython
 import pytest
 
+skip_on_windows = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"),
+    reason="OpenModelica Docker image is Linux-only; skipping on Windows.",
+)
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="This test would fail (no docker on github)")
+
+@skip_on_windows
 def test_OMCPath_docker():
     omcp = OMPython.OMCProcessDocker(docker="openmodelica/openmodelica:v1.25.0-minimal")
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)

From e0cb45393fc95f27e91b063d76e672d1782fe1cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:18:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/32] [OMCPath] add more functionality and docstrings

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 125 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 120 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index f0505383..d8a17af7 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -284,23 +284,138 @@ def __init__(self, *path, session: OMCSessionZMQ):
         self._session = session
 
     def with_segments(self, *pathsegments):
-        # overwrite this function of PurePosixPath to ensure session is set
+        """
+        Create a new OMCPath object with the given path segments.
+
+        The original definition of Path is overridden to ensure session is set.
+        """
         return type(self)(*pathsegments, session=self._session)
 
     def is_file(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if the path is a regular file.
+        """
         return self._session.sendExpression(f'regularFileExists("{self.as_posix()}")')
 
     def is_dir(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if the path is a directory.
+        """
         return self._session.sendExpression(f'directoryExists("{self.as_posix()}")')
 
-    def read_text(self) -> str:
+    def read_text(self, encoding=None, errors=None) -> str:
+        """
+        Read the content of the file represented by this path as text.
+
+        The additional arguments `encoding` and `errors` are only defined for compatibility with Path() definitions.
+        """
         return self._session.sendExpression(f'readFile("{self.as_posix()}")')
 
-    def write_text(self, data: str) -> bool:
+    def write_text(self, data: str, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None) -> bool:
+        """
+        Write text data to the file represented by this path.
+
+        The additional arguments `encoding`, `errors`, and `newline` are only defined for compatibility with Path()
+        definitions.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(data, str):
+            raise TypeError('data must be str, not %s' %
+                            data.__class__.__name__)
+
         return self._session.sendExpression(f'writeFile("{self.as_posix()}", "{data}", false)')
 
-    def unlink(self) -> bool:
-        return self._session.sendExpression(f'deleteFile("{self.as_posix()}")')
+    def mkdir(self, mode=0o777, parents=False, exist_ok=False):
+        """
+        Create a directory at the path represented by this OMCPath object.
+
+        The additional arguments `mode`, and `parents` are only defined for compatibility with Path() definitions.
+        """
+        if self.is_dir() and not exist_ok:
+            raise FileExistsError(f"Directory {self.as_posix()} already exists!")
+
+        return self._session.sendExpression(f'mkdir("{self.as_posix()}")')
+
+    def cwd(self):
+        """
+        Returns the current working directory as an OMCPath object.
+        """
+        cwd_str = self._session.sendExpression('cd()')
+        return OMCPath(cwd_str, session=self._session)
+
+    def unlink(self, missing_ok: bool = False) -> bool:
+        """
+        Unlink (delete) the file or directory represented by this path.
+        """
+        res = self._session.sendExpression(f'deleteFile("{self.as_posix()}")')
+        if not res and not missing_ok:
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f"Cannot delete file {self.as_posix()} - it does not exists!")
+        return res
+
+    def resolve(self, strict: bool = False) -> OMCPath:
+        """
+        Resolve the path to an absolute path. This is done based on available OMC functions.
+        """
+        if strict and not (self.is_file() or self.is_dir()):
+            raise OMCSessionException(f"Path {self.as_posix()} does not exist!")
+
+        if self.is_file():
+            omcpath = self._omc_resolve(self.parent.as_posix()) / self.name
+        elif self.is_dir():
+            omcpath = self._omc_resolve(self.as_posix())
+        else:
+            raise OMCSessionException(f"Path {self.as_posix()} is neither a file nor a directory!")
+
+        return omcpath
+
+    def _omc_resolve(self, pathstr: str) -> OMCPath:
+        """
+        Internal function to resolve the path of the OMCPath object using OMC functions *WITHOUT* changing the cwd
+        within OMC.
+        """
+        expression = ('omcpath_cwd := cd(); '
+                      f'omcpath_check := cd("{pathstr}"); '  # check requested pathstring
+                      'cd(omcpath_cwd)')
+
+        try:
+            result = self._session.sendExpression(expression)
+            result_parts = result.split('\n')
+            pathstr_resolved = result_parts[1]
+            pathstr_resolved = pathstr_resolved[1:-1]  # remove quotes
+
+            omcpath_resolved = self._session.omcpath(pathstr_resolved)
+        except OMCSessionException as ex:
+            raise OMCSessionException(f"OMCPath resolve failed for {pathstr}!") from ex
+
+        if not omcpath_resolved.is_file() and not omcpath_resolved.is_dir():
+            raise OMCSessionException(f"OMCPath resolve failed for {pathstr} - path does not exist!")
+
+        return omcpath_resolved
+
+    def absolute(self) -> OMCPath:
+        """
+        Resolve the path to an absolute path. This is done by calling resolve() as it is the best we can do
+        using OMC functions.
+        """
+        return self.resolve(strict=True)
+
+    def exists(self) -> bool:
+        """
+        Semi replacement for pathlib.Path.exists().
+        """
+        return self.is_file() or self.is_dir()
+
+    def size(self) -> int:
+        """
+        Get the size of the file in bytes - this is a extra function and the best we can do using OMC.
+        """
+        if not self.is_file():
+            raise OMCSessionException(f"Path {self.as_posix()} is not a file!")
+
+        res = self._session.sendExpression(f'stat("{self.as_posix()}")')
+        if res[0]:
+            return int(res[1])
+
+        raise OMCSessionException(f"Error reading file size for path {self.as_posix()}!")
 
     # TODO: implement needed methods from pathlib._abc.PathBase:
     #       OK - is_dir()

From 2b864420ba2a25675ce5d5981030aa86fe65010c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:19:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/32] [OMCPath] remove TODO entries

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 14 --------------
 1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index d8a17af7..3cd38475 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -274,11 +274,6 @@ class OMCPath(pathlib.PurePosixPath):
     OMCSessionZMQ session object.
     """
 
-    # TODO: need to handle PurePosixPath and PureWindowsPath
-    #       PureOMCPath => OMCPathPosix(PureOMCPath, PurePosixPath)
-    #                   => OMCPathWindows(PureOMCPath, PureWindowsPath)
-    # TODO: only working for Python 3.12+ (not working for 3.10!; 3.11?)
-
     def __init__(self, *path, session: OMCSessionZMQ):
         super().__init__(*path)
         self._session = session
@@ -417,15 +412,6 @@ def size(self) -> int:
 
         raise OMCSessionException(f"Error reading file size for path {self.as_posix()}!")
 
-    # TODO: implement needed methods from pathlib._abc.PathBase:
-    #       OK - is_dir()
-    #       OK - is_file()
-    #       OK - read_text() + binary()?
-    #       OK - write_text() + binary()?
-    #       OK - unlink()
-    #       resolve()
-    #       ... more ...
-    #       ??? test if local (write OMC => READ local and the other way) and use shortcuts ???
 
 
 class OMCSessionZMQ:

From a9fb9f9a703dee3d178b4ae0cebf1248d38e3a18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:22:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/32] [OMCPath] define limited compatibility for Python <
 3.12

* use modified pathlib.Path as OMCPath
---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 3cd38475..966709bc 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -413,6 +413,15 @@ def size(self) -> int:
         raise OMCSessionException(f"Error reading file size for path {self.as_posix()}!")
 
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+    class OMCPathCompatibility(pathlib.Path):
+
+        def size(self) -> int:
+            return self.stat().st_size
+
+
+    OMCPath = OMCPathCompatibility
+
 
 class OMCSessionZMQ:
 

From fcb8571a6812a9c58d4643730fd6588ef472ec30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:23:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/32] [OMCSEssionZMQ] use OMCpath

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 966709bc..a6541eae 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -478,8 +478,15 @@ def __del__(self):
         self.omc_zmq = None
 
     def omcpath(self, *path) -> OMCPath:
-        # TODO: need to handle PurePosixPath and PureWindowsPath
-        #       define it here based on the backend (omc_process) used?
+        """
+        Create an OMCPath object based on the given path segments and the current OMC session.
+        """
+
+        # fallback solution for Python < 3.12; a modified pathlib.Path object is used as OMCPath replacement
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+            # noinspection PyArgumentList
+            return OMCPath(*path)
+
         return OMCPath(*path, session=self)
 
     def execute(self, command: str):

From 51b916091759f899f929fc537f256b990a5c0151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:28:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/32] [OMCSessionZMQ] create a tempdir using
 omcpath_tempdir()

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index a6541eae..d8a73a3b 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -489,6 +489,30 @@ def omcpath(self, *path) -> OMCPath:
 
         return OMCPath(*path, session=self)
 
+    def omcpath_tempdir(self) -> OMCPath:
+        """
+        Get a temporary directory using OMC.
+        """
+        names = [str(uuid.uuid4()) for _ in range(100)]
+
+        tempdir_str = self.sendExpression("getTempDirectoryPath()")
+        tempdir_base = self.omcpath(tempdir_str)
+        tempdir: Optional[OMCPath] = None
+        for name in names:
+            # create a unique temporary directory name
+            tempdir = tempdir_base / name
+
+            if tempdir.exists():
+                continue
+
+            tempdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=False)
+            break
+
+        if tempdir is None or not tempdir.is_dir():
+            raise OMCSessionException("Cannot create a temporary directory!")
+
+        return tempdir
+
     def execute(self, command: str):
         warnings.warn("This function is depreciated and will be removed in future versions; "
                       "please use sendExpression() instead", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)

From dd9afedf0d0922e4ef64faa75d255ade4eef9453 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:34:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/32] [OMCPath] fix mypy

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index d8a73a3b..2250d21d 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -419,8 +419,7 @@ class OMCPathCompatibility(pathlib.Path):
         def size(self) -> int:
             return self.stat().st_size
 
-
-    OMCPath = OMCPathCompatibility
+    OMCPath = OMCPathCompatibility  # noqa: F811
 
 
 class OMCSessionZMQ:

From dc0393eafb3f397fec575bbe8f1a14da30f58fdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:38:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 16/32] [OMCPath] add warning message for Python < 3.12

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 2250d21d..8b3a3b28 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -414,6 +414,12 @@ def size(self) -> int:
 
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+    warnings.warn(
+        message="Python < 3.12 - using a limited compatibility class as OMCPath replacement.",
+        category=DeprecationWarning,
+        stacklevel=1,
+    )
+
     class OMCPathCompatibility(pathlib.Path):
 
         def size(self) -> int:

From 6ff54d3a0abfc46ed2bb26e15852a4a0d8a379f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:20:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 17/32] [OMCPath] try to make mypy happy ...

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 8b3a3b28..3107320d 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def getClassNames(self, className=None, recursive=False, qualified=False, sort=F
         return self._ask(question='getClassNames', opt=opt)
 
 
-class OMCPath(pathlib.PurePosixPath):
+class OMCPathReal(pathlib.PurePosixPath):
     """
     Implementation of a basic Path object which uses OMC as backend. The connection to OMC is provided via a
     OMCSessionZMQ session object.
@@ -420,13 +420,16 @@ def size(self) -> int:
         stacklevel=1,
     )
 
-    class OMCPathCompatibility(pathlib.Path):
+    class OMCPathCompatibility(pathlib.PosixPath):
 
         def size(self) -> int:
             return self.stat().st_size
 
     OMCPath = OMCPathCompatibility  # noqa: F811
 
+else:
+    OMCPath = OMCPathReal
+
 
 class OMCSessionZMQ:
 
@@ -491,8 +494,8 @@ def omcpath(self, *path) -> OMCPath:
         if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
             # noinspection PyArgumentList
             return OMCPath(*path)
-
-        return OMCPath(*path, session=self)
+        else:
+            return OMCPath(*path, session=self)
 
     def omcpath_tempdir(self) -> OMCPath:
         """

From c4323b36c5e3296bf7a35f1a0919d34d8c13c0be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:17:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 18/32] [test_OMCPath] only for Python >= 3.12

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index bef2b473..8cc2c88c 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@
     reason="OpenModelica Docker image is Linux-only; skipping on Windows.",
 )
 
+skip_python_older_312 = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.version_info < (3, 12),
+    reason="OMCPath only working for Python >= 3.12 (definition of pathlib.PurePath).",
+)
+
 
 @skip_on_windows
+@skip_python_older_312
 def test_OMCPath_docker():
     omcp = OMPython.OMCProcessDocker(docker="openmodelica/openmodelica:v1.25.0-minimal")
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
@@ -29,6 +35,7 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
     del om
 
 
+@skip_python_older_312
 def test_OMCPath_local():
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ()
 

From ec552dd8d3a1498de01fb191743150b9386c8998 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:17:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 19/32] [test_OMCPath] update test

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index 8cc2c88c..67f1316c 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
     assert om.sendExpression("getVersion()") == "OpenModelica 1.25.0"
 
-    p1 = om.omcpath('/tmp')
-    assert str(p1) == "/tmp"
-    p2 = p1 / 'test.txt'
-    assert str(p2) == "/tmp/test.txt"
+    tempdir = '/tmp'
+
+    p1 = om.omcpath(tempdir).resolve().absolute()
+    assert str(p1) == tempdir
+    p2 = p1 / '..' / p1.name / 'test.txt'
+    assert p2.is_file() is False
     assert p2.write_text('test')
+    assert p2.is_file()
+    p2 = p2.resolve().absolute()
+    assert str(p2) == f"{tempdir}/test.txt"
     assert p2.read_text() == "test"
     assert p2.is_file()
     assert p2.parent.is_dir()
@@ -39,11 +44,20 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
 def test_OMCPath_local():
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ()
 
-    p1 = om.omcpath('/tmp')
-    assert str(p1) == "/tmp"
-    p2 = p1 / 'test.txt'
-    assert str(p2) == "/tmp/test.txt"
+    # use different tempdir for Windows and Linux
+    if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
+        tempdir = 'C:/temp'
+    else:
+        tempdir = '/tmp'
+
+    p1 = om.omcpath(tempdir).resolve().absolute()
+    assert str(p1) == tempdir
+    p2 = p1 / '..' / p1.name / 'test.txt'
+    assert p2.is_file() is False
     assert p2.write_text('test')
+    assert p2.is_file()
+    p2 = p2.resolve().absolute()
+    assert str(p2) == f"{tempdir}/test.txt"
     assert p2.read_text() == "test"
     assert p2.is_file()
     assert p2.parent.is_dir()

From 3b99f2fd181dcd2680acaf1e9859fc93c7e7ef46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:53:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 20/32] [OMCPath._omc_resolve] use sendExpression() with
 parsed=False

* this is scripting output and, thus, it cannot be parsed
---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 3107320d..a012ae87 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ def _omc_resolve(self, pathstr: str) -> OMCPath:
                       'cd(omcpath_cwd)')
 
         try:
-            result = self._session.sendExpression(expression)
+            result = self._session.sendExpression(command=expression, parsed=False)
             result_parts = result.split('\n')
             pathstr_resolved = result_parts[1]
             pathstr_resolved = pathstr_resolved[1:-1]  # remove quotes

From a54b796475f8631f30ab210c3b3a9665f3782b80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:42:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 21/32] [test_OMCPath] cleanup; use the same code for local OMC
 and docker based OMC

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 27 +++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index 67f1316c..8d323ddf 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -22,19 +22,7 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
 
     tempdir = '/tmp'
 
-    p1 = om.omcpath(tempdir).resolve().absolute()
-    assert str(p1) == tempdir
-    p2 = p1 / '..' / p1.name / 'test.txt'
-    assert p2.is_file() is False
-    assert p2.write_text('test')
-    assert p2.is_file()
-    p2 = p2.resolve().absolute()
-    assert str(p2) == f"{tempdir}/test.txt"
-    assert p2.read_text() == "test"
-    assert p2.is_file()
-    assert p2.parent.is_dir()
-    assert p2.unlink()
-    assert p2.is_file() is False
+    _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir, om)
 
     del omcp
     del om
@@ -50,6 +38,12 @@ def test_OMCPath_local():
     else:
         tempdir = '/tmp'
 
+    _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir, om)
+
+    del om
+
+
+def _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir: str, om: OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ):
     p1 = om.omcpath(tempdir).resolve().absolute()
     assert str(p1) == tempdir
     p2 = p1 / '..' / p1.name / 'test.txt'
@@ -63,10 +57,3 @@ def test_OMCPath_local():
     assert p2.parent.is_dir()
     assert p2.unlink()
     assert p2.is_file() is False
-
-    del om
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    test_OMCPath_docker()
-    print('DONE')

From 02c40bc64cabba415bdc87cb8e8c18d10c424df6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:45:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 22/32] [test_OMCPath] define test for WSL

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index 8d323ddf..ea87f53c 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -43,6 +43,23 @@ def test_OMCPath_local():
     del om
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="Not able to run WSL on github")
+def test_OMCPath_WSL():
+    omcp = OMPython.OMCProcessWSL(
+        wsl_omc='omc',
+        wsl_user='omc',
+        timeout=30.0,
+    )
+    om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
+
+    tempdir = '/tmp'
+
+    _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir, om)
+
+    del omcp
+    del om
+
+
 def _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir: str, om: OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ):
     p1 = om.omcpath(tempdir).resolve().absolute()
     assert str(p1) == tempdir

From 4feccf2c64e724823873a5e7fa693117b5a84fc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:57:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 23/32] [test_OMCPath] use omcpath_tempdir() instead of
 hard-coded tempdir definition

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 23 ++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index ea87f53c..45689622 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
     assert om.sendExpression("getVersion()") == "OpenModelica 1.25.0"
 
-    tempdir = '/tmp'
-
-    _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir, om)
+    _run_OMCPath_checks(om)
 
     del omcp
     del om
@@ -32,13 +30,7 @@ def test_OMCPath_docker():
 def test_OMCPath_local():
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ()
 
-    # use different tempdir for Windows and Linux
-    if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-        tempdir = 'C:/temp'
-    else:
-        tempdir = '/tmp'
-
-    _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir, om)
+    _run_OMCPath_checks(om)
 
     del om
 
@@ -52,23 +44,20 @@ def test_OMCPath_WSL():
     )
     om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
 
-    tempdir = '/tmp'
-
-    _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir, om)
+    _run_OMCPath_checks(om)
 
     del omcp
     del om
 
 
-def _run_OMCPath_checks(tempdir: str, om: OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ):
-    p1 = om.omcpath(tempdir).resolve().absolute()
-    assert str(p1) == tempdir
+def _run_OMCPath_checks(om: OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ):
+    p1 = om.omcpath_tempdir()
     p2 = p1 / '..' / p1.name / 'test.txt'
     assert p2.is_file() is False
     assert p2.write_text('test')
     assert p2.is_file()
     p2 = p2.resolve().absolute()
-    assert str(p2) == f"{tempdir}/test.txt"
+    assert str(p2) == f"{str(p1)}/test.txt"
     assert p2.read_text() == "test"
     assert p2.is_file()
     assert p2.parent.is_dir()

From 362580737387494d1b0b4b3d5569a968c810e1a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 21:46:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 24/32] [OMCPath] spelling fix

see commit ID: aa74b367f0fa35b81905d646bbf1beefd3a89595 - [OMCPath] add more functionality and docstrings
---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index a012ae87..afb2b8cd 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ def exists(self) -> bool:
 
     def size(self) -> int:
         """
-        Get the size of the file in bytes - this is a extra function and the best we can do using OMC.
+        Get the size of the file in bytes - this is an extra function and the best we can do using OMC.
         """
         if not self.is_file():
             raise OMCSessionException(f"Path {self.as_posix()} is not a file!")

From 930cff1426b0cce5a16cb6bc2a42a08ac4fff7bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:08:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 25/32] [OMCPath] implementation version 3

* differentiate between
  * Python >= 3.12 uses OMCPath based on OMC for filesystem operation
  * Python <  3.12 uses a pathlib.Path based implementation which is
    limited to OMCProcessLocal
---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index afb2b8cd..9be3dbf9 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class OMCPathReal(pathlib.PurePosixPath):
     OMCSessionZMQ session object.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, *path, session: OMCSessionZMQ):
+    def __init__(self, *path, session: OMCSessionZMQ) -> None:
         super().__init__(*path)
         self._session = session
 
@@ -286,27 +286,28 @@ def with_segments(self, *pathsegments):
         """
         return type(self)(*pathsegments, session=self._session)
 
-    def is_file(self) -> bool:
+    def is_file(self, *, follow_symlinks=True) -> bool:
         """
         Check if the path is a regular file.
         """
         return self._session.sendExpression(f'regularFileExists("{self.as_posix()}")')
 
-    def is_dir(self) -> bool:
+    def is_dir(self, *, follow_symlinks=True) -> bool:
         """
         Check if the path is a directory.
         """
         return self._session.sendExpression(f'directoryExists("{self.as_posix()}")')
 
-    def read_text(self, encoding=None, errors=None) -> str:
+    def read_text(self, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None) -> str:
         """
         Read the content of the file represented by this path as text.
 
-        The additional arguments `encoding` and `errors` are only defined for compatibility with Path() definitions.
+        The additional arguments `encoding`, `errors` and `newline` are only defined for compatibility with Path()
+        definition.
         """
         return self._session.sendExpression(f'readFile("{self.as_posix()}")')
 
-    def write_text(self, data: str, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None) -> bool:
+    def write_text(self, data: str, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None):
         """
         Write text data to the file represented by this path.
 
@@ -337,16 +338,15 @@ def cwd(self):
         cwd_str = self._session.sendExpression('cd()')
         return OMCPath(cwd_str, session=self._session)
 
-    def unlink(self, missing_ok: bool = False) -> bool:
+    def unlink(self, missing_ok: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Unlink (delete) the file or directory represented by this path.
         """
         res = self._session.sendExpression(f'deleteFile("{self.as_posix()}")')
         if not res and not missing_ok:
             raise FileNotFoundError(f"Cannot delete file {self.as_posix()} - it does not exists!")
-        return res
 
-    def resolve(self, strict: bool = False) -> OMCPath:
+    def resolve(self, strict: bool = False):
         """
         Resolve the path to an absolute path. This is done based on available OMC functions.
         """
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ def resolve(self, strict: bool = False) -> OMCPath:
 
         return omcpath
 
-    def _omc_resolve(self, pathstr: str) -> OMCPath:
+    def _omc_resolve(self, pathstr: str):
         """
         Internal function to resolve the path of the OMCPath object using OMC functions *WITHOUT* changing the cwd
         within OMC.
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ def _omc_resolve(self, pathstr: str) -> OMCPath:
 
         return omcpath_resolved
 
-    def absolute(self) -> OMCPath:
+    def absolute(self):
         """
         Resolve the path to an absolute path. This is done by calling resolve() as it is the best we can do
         using OMC functions.
@@ -414,18 +414,42 @@ def size(self) -> int:
 
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
-    warnings.warn(
-        message="Python < 3.12 - using a limited compatibility class as OMCPath replacement.",
-        category=DeprecationWarning,
-        stacklevel=1,
-    )
 
-    class OMCPathCompatibility(pathlib.PosixPath):
+    class OMCPathCompatibility:
+        """
+        Compatibility class for OMCPath in Python < 3.12. This allows to run all code which uses OMCPath (mainly
+        ModelicaSystem) on these Python versions. There is one remaining limitation: only OMCProcessLocal will work as
+        OMCPathCompatibility is based on the standard pathlib.Path implementation.
+        """
+
+        # modified copy of pathlib.Path.__new__() definition
+        def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+            logger.warning("Python < 3.12 - using a limited version of class OMCPath.")
+
+            if cls is OMCPathCompatibility:
+                cls = OMCPathCompatibilityWindows if os.name == 'nt' else OMCPathCompatibilityPosix
+            self = cls._from_parts(args)
+            if not self._flavour.is_supported:
+                raise NotImplementedError("cannot instantiate %r on your system"
+                                          % (cls.__name__,))
+            return self
 
         def size(self) -> int:
+            """
+            Needed compatibility function to have the same interface as OMCPathReal
+            """
             return self.stat().st_size
 
-    OMCPath = OMCPathCompatibility  # noqa: F811
+
+    class OMCPathCompatibilityPosix(pathlib.PosixPath, OMCPathCompatibility):
+        pass
+
+
+    class OMCPathCompatibilityWindows(pathlib.WindowsPath, OMCPathCompatibility):
+        pass
+
+
+    OMCPath = OMCPathCompatibility
 
 else:
     OMCPath = OMCPathReal
@@ -492,19 +516,30 @@ def omcpath(self, *path) -> OMCPath:
 
         # fallback solution for Python < 3.12; a modified pathlib.Path object is used as OMCPath replacement
         if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
-            # noinspection PyArgumentList
-            return OMCPath(*path)
+            if isinstance(self.omc_process, OMCProcessLocal):
+                # noinspection PyArgumentList
+                return OMCPath(*path)
+            else:
+                raise OMCSessionException("OMCPath is supported for Python < 3.12 only if OMCProcessLocal is used!")
         else:
             return OMCPath(*path, session=self)
 
-    def omcpath_tempdir(self) -> OMCPath:
+    def omcpath_tempdir(self, tempdir_base: Optional[OMCPath] = None) -> OMCPath:
         """
         Get a temporary directory using OMC.
         """
+        # fallback solution for Python < 3.12; a modified pathlib.Path object is used as OMCPath replacement
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+            tempdir_str = tempfile.gettempdir()
+            # noinspection PyArgumentList
+            return OMCPath(tempdir_str)
+
         names = [str(uuid.uuid4()) for _ in range(100)]
 
-        tempdir_str = self.sendExpression("getTempDirectoryPath()")
-        tempdir_base = self.omcpath(tempdir_str)
+        if tempdir_base is None:
+            tempdir_str = self.sendExpression("getTempDirectoryPath()")
+            tempdir_base = self.omcpath(tempdir_str)
+
         tempdir: Optional[OMCPath] = None
         for name in names:
             # create a unique temporary directory name

From 1de0e3b4be5a5c20aa5d4d0e23c5c449f7115aef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:20:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 26/32] [OMCSession*] fix flake8 (PyCharm likes the empty
 lines)

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 9be3dbf9..ca82abb5 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -440,15 +440,12 @@ def size(self) -> int:
             """
             return self.stat().st_size
 
-
     class OMCPathCompatibilityPosix(pathlib.PosixPath, OMCPathCompatibility):
         pass
 
-
     class OMCPathCompatibilityWindows(pathlib.WindowsPath, OMCPathCompatibility):
         pass
 
-
     OMCPath = OMCPathCompatibility
 
 else:

From 8f38def82f2d4590bc8fdf47f8395946d6ffc33f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:28:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 27/32] [OMCSessionZMQ] more generic definiton for
 omcpath_tempdir()

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index ca82abb5..4c10ecbd 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -523,18 +523,17 @@ def omcpath(self, *path) -> OMCPath:
 
     def omcpath_tempdir(self, tempdir_base: Optional[OMCPath] = None) -> OMCPath:
         """
-        Get a temporary directory using OMC.
+        Get a temporary directory using OMC. It is our own implementation as non-local usage relies on OMC to run all
+        filesystem related access.
         """
-        # fallback solution for Python < 3.12; a modified pathlib.Path object is used as OMCPath replacement
-        if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
-            tempdir_str = tempfile.gettempdir()
-            # noinspection PyArgumentList
-            return OMCPath(tempdir_str)
-
         names = [str(uuid.uuid4()) for _ in range(100)]
 
         if tempdir_base is None:
-            tempdir_str = self.sendExpression("getTempDirectoryPath()")
+            # fallback solution for Python < 3.12; a modified pathlib.Path object is used as OMCPath replacement
+            if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
+                tempdir_str = tempfile.gettempdir()
+            else:
+                tempdir_str = self.sendExpression("getTempDirectoryPath()")
             tempdir_base = self.omcpath(tempdir_str)
 
         tempdir: Optional[OMCPath] = None

From 9dc161b1aa3f23b4c17dd0caddd843d89fd7be1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:35:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 28/32] [OMCPathCompatibility] mypy on github ...

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 4c10ecbd..744068e3 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ def size(self) -> int:
 
 if sys.version_info < (3, 12):
 
-    class OMCPathCompatibility:
+    class OMCPathCompatibility(pathlib.Path):
         """
         Compatibility class for OMCPath in Python < 3.12. This allows to run all code which uses OMCPath (mainly
         ModelicaSystem) on these Python versions. There is one remaining limitation: only OMCProcessLocal will work as

From fd906cc023c939237893489f5a5203679629923a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:47:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 29/32] [OMCPathCompatibility] improve log messages

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 744068e3..1398aa50 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -424,7 +424,8 @@ class OMCPathCompatibility(pathlib.Path):
 
         # modified copy of pathlib.Path.__new__() definition
         def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-            logger.warning("Python < 3.12 - using a limited version of class OMCPath.")
+            logger.warning("Python < 3.12 - using a version of class OMCPath "
+                           "based on pathlib.Path for local usage only.")
 
             if cls is OMCPathCompatibility:
                 cls = OMCPathCompatibilityWindows if os.name == 'nt' else OMCPathCompatibilityPosix

From 90f8c98490797bcb7abe0661138ecb2bf90ff540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:18:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 30/32] [test_OMCPath] update

---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index 45689622..449108ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -9,34 +9,43 @@
 
 skip_python_older_312 = pytest.mark.skipif(
     sys.version_info < (3, 12),
-    reason="OMCPath only working for Python >= 3.12 (definition of pathlib.PurePath).",
+    reason="OMCPath(non-local) only working for Python >= 3.12.",
 )
 
 
-@skip_on_windows
-@skip_python_older_312
-def test_OMCPath_docker():
-    omcp = OMPython.OMCProcessDocker(docker="openmodelica/openmodelica:v1.25.0-minimal")
-    om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
-    assert om.sendExpression("getVersion()") == "OpenModelica 1.25.0"
+def test_OMCPath_OMCSessionZMQ():
+    om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ()
+
+    _run_OMCPath_checks(om)
+
+    del om
+
+
+def test_OMCPath_OMCProcessLocal():
+    omp = OMPython.OMCProcessLocal()
+    om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omp)
 
     _run_OMCPath_checks(om)
 
-    del omcp
     del om
 
 
+@skip_on_windows
 @skip_python_older_312
-def test_OMCPath_local():
-    om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ()
+def test_OMCPath_OMCProcessDocker():
+    omcp = OMPython.OMCProcessDocker(docker="openmodelica/openmodelica:v1.25.0-minimal")
+    om = OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ(omc_process=omcp)
+    assert om.sendExpression("getVersion()") == "OpenModelica 1.25.0"
 
     _run_OMCPath_checks(om)
 
+    del omcp
     del om
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skip(reason="Not able to run WSL on github")
-def test_OMCPath_WSL():
+@skip_python_older_312
+def test_OMCPath_OMCProcessWSL():
     omcp = OMPython.OMCProcessWSL(
         wsl_omc='omc',
         wsl_user='omc',
@@ -52,14 +61,18 @@ def test_OMCPath_WSL():
 
 def _run_OMCPath_checks(om: OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ):
     p1 = om.omcpath_tempdir()
-    p2 = p1 / '..' / p1.name / 'test.txt'
-    assert p2.is_file() is False
-    assert p2.write_text('test')
-    assert p2.is_file()
-    p2 = p2.resolve().absolute()
-    assert str(p2) == f"{str(p1)}/test.txt"
-    assert p2.read_text() == "test"
-    assert p2.is_file()
-    assert p2.parent.is_dir()
-    assert p2.unlink()
-    assert p2.is_file() is False
+    p2 = p1 / 'test'
+    p2.mkdir()
+    assert p2.is_dir()
+    p3 = p2 / '..' / p2.name / 'test.txt'
+    assert p3.is_file() is False
+    assert p3.write_text('test')
+    assert p3.is_file()
+    assert p3.size() > 0
+    p3 = p3.resolve().absolute()
+    assert str(p3) == str((p2 / 'test.txt').resolve().absolute())
+    assert p3.read_text() == "test"
+    assert p3.is_file()
+    assert p3.parent.is_dir()
+    assert p3.unlink() is None
+    assert p3.is_file() is False

From b2a9190bc8cfb85796f0c95c93eb4da7485fcff2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:55:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 31/32] [OMCPathReal] align exists() to the definition used in
 pathlib

---
 OMPython/OMCSession.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/OMPython/OMCSession.py b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
index 1398aa50..d5badb4b 100644
--- a/OMPython/OMCSession.py
+++ b/OMPython/OMCSession.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def absolute(self):
         """
         return self.resolve(strict=True)
 
-    def exists(self) -> bool:
+    def exists(self, follow_symlinks=True) -> bool:
         """
         Semi replacement for pathlib.Path.exists().
         """

From b11bfa98761e93119a9448a1343694d4ba27952f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: syntron <syntron@web.de>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2025 15:47:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 32/32] [test_OMCPath] fix error

error: "unlink" of "OMCPathReal" does not return a value (it only ever returns None)  [func-returns-value]
---
 tests/test_OMCPath.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/test_OMCPath.py b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
index 449108ac..b8e937f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_OMCPath.py
+++ b/tests/test_OMCPath.py
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ def _run_OMCPath_checks(om: OMPython.OMCSessionZMQ):
     assert p3.read_text() == "test"
     assert p3.is_file()
     assert p3.parent.is_dir()
-    assert p3.unlink() is None
+    p3.unlink()
     assert p3.is_file() is False